The fourth annual conference for small and family business: BusinessLIVE 2010 was held May 11. Attendees "can't stop talking about what a great job Walsh did." Presenters may be contacted for their hand-outs or for further discussion.

Inventing Their Futures
Panel discussion was moderated by Walsh College President Stephanie Bergeron (pictured far right). The panel of CEOs were all Walsh alumni: (from left: Paul Glanz, Emagine Entertainment; Dave Simon, ilumisys; and Kirk Vercnocke, PhoenixInnovate.


Breakout sessions were presented by Walsh faculty and BLI sponsors:

• Breathing life into a strategic plan, presented by Kathryn Baker, AdviCoach with Susan Gibson, CORP! Magazine.
• Succession at the second stage, presented by Frank Seyferth, JD, Foster Swift Collins & Smith and Michael Kotsis, Atlas Wholesale Food Co.
• Social Media Savvy, presented by Rebecca Davies, JD, Foster Swift Collins & Smith and Jason Ryan, Vision Fuel Media
• Making Money outside the Mitten,  panelists are Jerry Reinhart, president/CEO, PRS Equities Limited and  Janet Sofy, president, HMS Manufacturing, moderated by Raymond Campbell, president, Mastermind Solutions.      
• Accessing capital to grow your business, presented by Eugene Gizzarelli, Avon Plastics and Jeff Wright, Senior Vice President, Hennessey Capital
• The Letter Y: Web Strategies to Grow Your Business, presented by Andy McKeever, director of Interactive Media, Core3 Solutions. 
• Brand Building, presented by John Lichtenberg,  VP, Chief Marketing Officer, Walsh College.

Don't just survive…THRIVE presented by Ursula Scroggs, (above) CPA, Derderian, Kann, Seyferth & Salucci, P.C.  and Norman E. Richards ("Gene"), JD, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith


Getting Your People on the Right Bus Heading in the Right Direction, presented by Professor Lee Meadows, PhD. (above)

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